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The PDB Situation Report | August 1st, 2026: Annie Jacobsen’s Terrifying Warning About Biological War

August 1, 2026·1h 17m·6-min readinterviewnews
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The next global catastrophe may not come from a nuclear explosion but from an engineered biological pathogen, which experts consider the greatest overall threat due to its high likelihood and potential for mass death, anarchy, and societal collapse. Advances in biotechnology and lax safet

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Annie Jacobsen

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Annie JacobsenMikeCliff May

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Biological War, A Scenarioby Annie Jacobsen

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OpenAI

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Artificial IntelligenceForeign PolicyGeopoliticsInvestigative JournalismLong Form JournalismUs Politics

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